Deaf therapists, not interpreters
Every clinician here is Deaf and signs fluently in ASL. You talk to your therapist directly — nothing is filtered, softened, or lost in translation.
Deaf-led, from the very start.
The Deaf Counseling Center was founded on a simple truth: Deaf people deserve therapy in their own language, with someone who truly understands their world — not through an interpreter, and not adapted as an afterthought.
2001First telehealth counseling for the Deaf community
25 YearsServing the Deaf community nationwide
50 StatesASL therapy across the U.S.
Fully LicensedDeaf therapists fluent in ASL
About
Deaf Counseling Center is a Deaf-owned and operated counseling and consulting practice staffed by Deaf licensed professional therapists. We specialize in working with Deaf people and their families.
- Safe, confidential, and nonjudgmental
- Culturally sensitive
- Communication through American Sign Language
- Empowerment and positive change
Deaf Counseling Center History
- Founded in 2001 by Dr. Candace McCullough and Sharon M. Duchesneau
- 1st to offer videophone counseling services
- 1st to have Deaf certified Distance Credentialed Counselors
- Deaf-centered therapy developed by Dr. McCullough and Ms. Duchesneau
- Deaf-centered therapy developed in reaction to the inappropriateness and ineffectiveness of traditional therapeutic models developed by hearing people
- Award-winning mental health and addiction services in Bethesda, MD
What makes us different
Shared lived experience
Our therapists know Deaf identity, culture, and community from the inside. That shared understanding lets trust build faster and the work go deeper.
Care that comes to you
Secure video therapy across all 50 states. No interpreter to book, no waiting room, no travel — just your therapist, in your language, wherever you are.
The people who started it
Founder · Partner · Senior TherapistDr. Candace A. McCulloughPhD in Clinical PsychologyDeaf clinical psychologist with 30+ years in Deaf mental health. Co-founded the Center so therapy could be native to ASL — direct, never filtered through an interpreter.Read Candace's story
Founder · Partner · Senior TherapistSharon Duchesneau, LCPCLicensed Clinical Professional CounselorDeaf licensed counselor and co-founder. Her work centers Deaf identity, relationships, and the everyday realities of living in a hearing world.Read Sharon's storyWho we help
Anytime, Anywhere
Deaf Counseling Center aligns Deaf therapists with clients across the United States. This is where we work.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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